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More than 800,000 international students in Australia comprised 3.5 percent of the country’s total population, as of earlier this spring. Here’s a closer look at the tremendous impact they have on the Australian economy.

College students usually arrive on campus with books, bedding and dorm posters. (Van Gogh’s Starry Night, anyone?) Now comes news that more co-eds are showing up with something else: ESAs, AKA emotional support animals. Here's a closer look at the trend.

More good news for Canada.In addition to its role as a hub of international education, Canada also plays a major role in the world's agricultural production. Six universities just received funding to help make Canada's agricultural production more sustainable. Let's take a closer look.

As Western values continue to penetrate indigenous societies in Colombia, the country’s indigenous Misak people have taken an innovative measure to preserve their culture: Operating a university of their own. Here’s a closer look at Misak University.

Electronic collaboration tool Slack has changed the way coworkers communicate. But the imperative to collaborate is far from limited to the business world. As all graduate students know, collaboration is also alive and well in academia. Enter Grad Student Slack. Here’s a closer look at this exciti...

A new study from the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine reveals some disheartening statistics: 58 percent of female academic faculty and staff and as many as 25 percent of female students have experienced some form of sexual harassment.

Leaders of nine large US corporations came together in June of 2015 to urge Congress to take steps to ensure that the country maintains its position as a global innovation leader. Now that three years have passed, it begs the question: Has progress been made? Here’s a closer look at a newly releas...